Emotional, behavioral and social problems among Israeli children in residential care: A multi-level analysis

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-248

  Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children in care; Emotional behavioral problems; Parental visitation; Quality of care; Residential care; Social relationships problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449021833     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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